The bandits took to the streets and storefronts in at number of incidents leading up to the Memorial Day weekend. In the early hours of Thursday morning the Woods cannabis dispensary experienced its second break-in and smash and grap. WEHOonline reported the break in here with exclusive videos. The Woods Cannabis dispensary is located across the street from West Hollywood City Hall.
In another incident Smoke & Vape located at 8531 Santa Monica Blvd was ransacked at 4am this past Thursday morning. The owner, Derek told WEHOonline ‘we got a call from our alarm company at about 4am and then one of the employees came in and there was stuff everywhere. They got cash, product, inventory, there was stuff all over. ‘the video didnt catch it because it had stopped recording. We got robbed 2 or 3 times already.”
On early Wednesday morning vandals attempted to tear off the frame of the windows at BlockParty Weho, and wrote graffiti with racial and other slang written across the stores rainbow exterior.
Also in another incident on Holloway Drive, one business that does not want to be named due to being targeted was broken into and robbed with the bandits gaining access to the safe which included many personal valuables leaving West Hollywood business owner in dismay and heartbroken.
WEED SHOP ONLY ATTRACT HOOD PEOPLE AND INCREASE CRIME
DEMOCRATS HAVE TURNED WEHO INTO A HELLHOLE A
When you sell product that ghetto thug criminals wear or use or consume, you will be attracting them and should not be surprised when your ghetto product is stolen during a break-in.
We need to invest some of the developer graft into installing CCTV. The crime in the community is worse and worse. The “Ambassadors” are wasted resources. This is why I keep a home here for the last 27 years but live up North where we have little or no criminal me but we have a demonstrative police presence. I made good money on my real estate in WEHO but the lack of a solid law enforcement presence is why I have to pay for a private patrol service as the vandalism, homelessness and criminal elements combined have brought down the… Read more »
Its just unending!
I don’t understand how these thieves can do so much damage with none of them ever being caught. So many of these crimes are happening in the west side of West Hollywood, & there’s a cluster of them in one very small area of West Hollywood which should be patrolled. These robberies & vandalism are happening right in the sheriff’s back yard. And BTW, where are the “security ambassadors” who are supposed to be a visible deterrent to criminal activity? As I recall, a bicycle thief sawed through a thick metal security lock on a bicycle that was secured to… Read more »
We need WeHo sheriffs patrolling our streets. Remember when they used to cycle our neighborhoods on weekend nights? We don’t need someone that only has a walkie talkie as a security. Get real.
And enforce the laws with stiff penalties for breaking the law. The law means nothing if we don’t punish the people that do society bad.